services: Split ladspa-service-type from pulseaudio-service-type.

* gnu/services/sound.scm (ladspa-configuration): New record.
(ladspa-environment): New procedure.
(ladspa-service-type): New service type.
(pulseaudio-environment): Remove LADSPA_PATH.
* doc/guix.texi: Adjust documentation.

Signed-off-by: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 3693bb54b6..af6ffbbb7a 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -15951,19 +15951,21 @@ pcm.!default @{
 See @uref{https://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Asoundrc} for the
 details.
 
-@deffn {Scheme Variable} pulseaudio-service-type
-This is the type for the @uref{http://www.pulseaudio.org/, PulseAudio
-sound server}, which sets the @var{LADSPA_PATH} environment variable to
-allow PulseAudio load modules from @code{swh-plugins} package.
+@deffn {Scheme Variable} ladspa-service-type
+This service sets the @var{LADSPA_PATH} variable, so that programs, which
+respect it, e.g. PulseAudio, can load LADSPA plugins.
 
-See @uref{http://plugin.org.uk/ladspa-swh/docs/ladspa-swh.html} for the
-details.
-
-The following example will setup the service:
+The following example will setup the service to enable modules from the
+@code{swh-plugins} package:
 
 @lisp
-(service pulseaudio-service-type)
+(service ladspa-service-type
+         (ladspa-configuration (plugins (list swh-plugins))))
 @end lisp
+
+See @uref{http://plugin.org.uk/ladspa-swh/docs/ladspa-swh.html} for the
+details.
+
 @end deffn
 
 @node Database Services